>> I won't say it's a great album (too derivative for that - and not of The 
>> Beatles, ironically, but The Who and The Kinks), but it remains a 
>> favorite for all of those evanescent reasons that make us love pop music. 
>> Nice piece, Dr. B.


Derivative walks a tightrope wire - it can totally suck eggs or can be a 
great time depending upon the attitude and the energy of 
the...um...derivativers. The new Len Price 3 album is absolutely a 
Who/Kinks/Jam fest but already a lock for my 2010 Top Ten (if it gets 
knocked out in the next ten and a half months it will mean 2010 was a hell 
of a year).

Pop Radio needed its colon cleansed in 1979 and "Sharona" did the trick at 
the time.

cheers
b